It's the world's largest machine -- the interconnected network of power plants, transmission towers, substations, poles, and wires that make up the power grid. When you flip the switch you expect the ...

Picture this scenario: At 2:37 a.m. during a storm, lightning strikes a distribution feeder line in rural Wisconsin. A massive power surge races through the distribution network. Instead of triggering ...

As Superstorm Sandy approached the East Coast in October 2012, grid operators at PJM Interconnection braced for the severe tests of people and equipment that often come with extreme weather. But, ...

If recent, hand-wringing headlines are to be believed, the United States has fallen behind other developed nations in several areas: Infant mortality (now in 34th place), education (26th in math and ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Reactive Technologies, the grid resilience technology company that provides the world’s most accurate measurements of grid inertia and other power grid functions, has today ...